dotnet-artifacts-output

Reference guide for the .NET SDK artifacts output layout, which centralizes build outputs (bin/, obj/, publish/, package/) into a single artifacts/ directory at the repo root. Available since .NET 8 as an opt-in feature. Recommended for new projects; evaluate tradeoffs before migrating existing projects.

Prerequisites: Run [skill:dotnet-version-detection] first to confirm .NET 8+ SDK -- artifacts output layout is not available in earlier SDK versions.

Scope

• UseArtifactsOutput opt-in and ArtifactsPath configuration
• Centralized build output layout (artifacts/bin/, artifacts/obj/, artifacts/publish/)
• Impact on CI artifact upload paths and Docker builds
• Migration tradeoffs for existing projects

Out of scope

• Source tree organization (.sln, .csproj, src/, tests/) -- see [skill:dotnet-project-structure]

Cross-references: [skill:dotnet-project-structure] for solution layout, [skill:dotnet-containers] for Dockerfile path adjustments, [skill:dotnet-gha-build-test] for CI artifact upload paths, [skill:dotnet-scaffold-project] for generating new projects with artifacts output enabled.